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Hi Carl, I can see from your first photo that the 1st and 3rd layers of this bead are actually translucent dark dull greenish blue. I've seen this before. It's apparent around the tips of adjacent white starry layers. It is often problematic to characterize glass beads as being "black," because there is practically no surch thing as "black" glass. What is typically perceived to be "black" is usually a saturated translucent color—often dark dark red, green, blue, or most often (since the Roman Period, and particularly among Venetian beads) violet. Venetians did make some 16th century chevron beads, made with a glass that is the closest to "black" I am aware of. This rare glass is dark saturated neutral gray glass. This is the only glass I would characterize as "black glass" (in a Venetian context). The rest are just difficult—but not impossible—to distinguish. Your bead is not so uncommon, as core colors go. Jamey All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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